Police Arrest 50 Opposition Protesters In Cameroon

5 months ago

“Mass arrests of activists (Mrs Michele Ndoki and around 50 others) and of supporters demonstrating peacefully today,” the spokesman, Olivier Bibou-Nissack, said in a Facebook post, referring to one of Kamto’s lawyers.

The protesters were arrested during a rally in Douala, the country’s economic capital.

Among them was a journalist who was covering the event, sources said.

Kamto has rejected the official outcome of this month’s presidential election, in which he was one of seven candidates seeking to unseat President Paul Biya who has ruled Cameroon for 35 years.

Kamto came second with 14.23 percent the vote, against 71.28 percent for 85-year-old Biya who has spent 35 years in power.